by Mary Doria Russell
Children of God is the sequel to The Sparrow which I loved. I liked this one a lot, but not quite on the same level. In the first book, I was addicted to both the characters and the story. With this book I was still addicted to the characters, and I did enjoy the story, but I wasn’t as thoroughly...
55. CHILDREN OF GOD, BY MARY DORIA RUSSELL (Book 2 of Sparrow)I read the first one, so I had to read the second. I didn’t much care for The Sparrow, but my qualms were mostly ideological; I thought it was well-written and an interesting story. This one was the opposite.Synopsis: Many years after the...
I did go into this book with high expectations. 'The Sparrow' was a wonderful book. I admit to being a little put off by the title of this one, but I tried not to hold that against it. It still felt more preachy to me than its predecessor. A part of this is because nearly every single character ...
Początek i środkowa część powieści świetnie napisane, zasługują na solidną czwórkę. Niestety, prymitywne zakończenie psuje całość i pozostawia niesmak. Mary Dorii Russell udało się przedstawić kilka zajmujących dylematów etycznych w nowym i nowatorskim świetle. Społeczeństwo złożone z istot o biol...
A solid sequel to a phenomenal first book. I waited 8 years to read this one because I was so shattered by the way THE SPARROW ended (despite the massive foreshadowing) that I needed to rebalance myself before returning to these worlds. CHILDREN OF GOD is a good long haul, jumping back and forth in...
I was reading in bed and I accidentally the whole book. More seriously, I am content. I LOVED The Sparrow and put off reading the sequel for so long because I was afraid it wouldn't be right. It was. Not as good as The Sparrow, I think, but damn fine.
Epic. Read it shortly after reading The Sparrow, and I'm glad that I read both together. Although it might stand alone, some of the characters are the same, and the story firmly builds upon experiences and events in The Sparrow.Didn't rate it 5 stars for a couple of reasons. One, occasionally Russ...
When I re-read The Sparrow in the spring of 2010, I knew that Children of God would get a re-read not long after. My recollections of CoG were much less vivid than those of The Sparrow, for one thing, and I wanted to refresh them; for another, although CoG is a follow-up to The Sparrow, I consider...
I liked it. Good follow up to The Sparrow, with many of the same virtues and vices. Among the virtues, great characters well described, attention to moral questions without being dogmatic (greatly appreciated), aliens that are really aliens, a beautifully light touch with the exposition. Among th...
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